seattletimes.nwsource.com - 11/30/2008
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Gov. Christine Gregoire's office is considering vast cuts in state spending that Democratic leaders once would have considered unthinkable, including more than $1 billion in funding for public schools.
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State Budget Cuts
Washblog - Diaries —
So, now that the newspapers are actually reporting how bad this downturn is going to be, and the hit that the state budget is going to take, let's talk about what the progressive stance should be in the upcoming budget cycle. ...
Politics Meets Reality
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Politics Meets Reality I note with derision that Governor Gregoire is currently considering the very kind of budget restraint that Evergreen Progress - and Gregoire herself - oh so recently chided Dino Rossi for utilizing with Governor Locke in 2003: On the chopping block: more than $900 million over two years that funds an initiative approved by voters to reduce class sizes; $342 million that aids school districts with small property-tax bases, and about $20 million that pays for gifted-student programs. And those are just some of the cuts being mulled for public schools. ...
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